The Economic and Social Council today adopted seven draft resolutions, two by recorded vote, and two draft decisions, as it addressed the advancement of women, social development and non-communicable diseases on the second day of its coordination and management meeting.
In a Security Council open debate today, the Secretary-General stressed that sexual violence in conflict was used as a deliberate strategy to shred the fabric of society. He urged the international community to continue speaking up for the women, girls, men and boys whose bodies for too long were considered the spoils of war.
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the reception to inaugurate the photographic exhibition by the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations to mark Pakistani Peacekeepers Day, in New York today:
Sexual violence was increasingly evolving from a tactic of war to one of terrorism, speakers said today, as the Security Council held an open debate on the use of sexual violence in conflict situations.
The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) today approved without a vote a draft resolution on peacekeeping, and heard the introduction of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations’ report on its 2016 session.
NEW YORK, 2 June (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — At the end of five days of intense discussions and negotiations, the Review Conference for the landmark 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement, on Friday, 27 May, adopted a robust set of recommendations aimed at improving the conservation and management of some of the world’s most commercially important fish stocks, through the improved implementation of the Agreement.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President François Delattre (France):
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on sexual violence in conflict, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Peacekeeping reform would be among the top priorities of the Security Council’s work in June, François Delattre (France), its President for that month, said at a Headquarters press conference today.
